Dispensing cabinet



July-l6, 1935. L. GOTTSTEIN DISPENSING CABINET Filed Oct. '7', 1933 II HMIH HII' g g 5 .n i

Patented July 16, 1935' 2,008,915 *msPEN ING Lew s G l iiS eii hicago, 111., assignor of onealf to Carson Pirie Scott company; Chicago, Ill a corporationof Illinois Application October 7 Serial No. 692,57? 4 Claims. (Cl. 24255. 4)

The invention relates to improvements in dispensing cabinets especially adapted for the dispensing of material from rolls, such as oil cloth or the like, and has for its primary object the provision of a simple and economical construction of the character indicated which is highly efficient in use.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a'cabinet, of the character indicated having special andimproved arrangements for measuring and severing material from a roll.

Another object of the invention is the provision of an improved cabinet of the character indicated especially adapted and arranged to facilitatethe storage of different sizes of rolls and the convenient and efficient dispensing of material th'erefrom.

Other objects will appear hereinafter.

The invention consists in the combinations and arrangements: of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention will be best understood by reference tothe accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification, and in which Fig. 1 is a top plan view of a dispensing cabinet embodying the invention;

Fig. 2 a front View of one side thereof;

Fig. 3 an end view of the cabinet; and Fig. 4 an enlarged detailed section taken substantially on line 44 of Fig. 2.

The embodiment of the invention illustrated in the drawing comprises a. cabinet made up of vertical ends Ill connected by a transverse vertical partition I I connecting the central portions of said ends l0, thus dividing the cabinet into two main compartments open at opposite sides and at the top. One of the main compartments thus formed is again sub-divided by a vertical longitudinal partition l2, said partitions thus dividing the cabinet into three compartments l3, l4 and I5, as indicated. The compartment I4 is further subdivided by means of a horizontal medial partition [6, as shown in Fig. 2.

Baseboards I! are arranged across the bottoms of the compartments, as indicated, and full length partition pins I8 are provided as shown in compartments l3 and I5, and half length positioning pins 59 are provided in the sub-divisions of compartment M, as indicated. By this arrangement the compartments [3 and are adapted and arranged to contain full length rolls standing on end and separated from each other by the pins l8, and the sub-divisions or compartment M are adapted and arranged to contain half length rolls o her by he P ns .9. as i d sa edr l Roll bearings in th form'of depressions 22 "are o med at he upper ou er q ihesrsl lie i Ill and the partition l2, said depressionsbeing 5 line w h. met l tr 23 se r d h and having their outer ends 24 projected upwardly to form he nn si s Q na r w re vi g so ke s indi ated The o ter e ges 9 iha s idfw l iii and the partition l2 are provided with meas 10 uring scales 25 in the form of vertical metal strips projecting at their upper ends 26 to form the outer sides of narrow sockets, as best shown in Fig. 3. The bottoms of these narrow sockets are lined by short strips 2?, as shown.

Combined straight edges and cutting devices 28 are provided for insertion in the sockets 2546 and are in the form of elongated channels having knife carriers 29 slidably mounted therein. The knife carriers 29 carry cutting knives 30, as 20 shown, so positioned as to sever any material draped over the straight edges 28. Holding clips 3| are also arranged at the inner top edges of one of the end walls Ill to receive the straight edges 28 when not in actual use.

In use, the material to be dispensed, such as oil cloth, is stored in the compartments [3, l4 and i5, as indicated, half length rolls being placed in the upper and lower divisions of compartment Hi. When it is desired to specially exhibit or remove 30 a section from one of the rolls 20 or 2|, said roll is placed, as indicated in Fig. 3, in one set of bearing recesses 22, a loose section of the roll being drawn over the corresponding straight edge 28. The scales on the strips 25 indicate the length of material projecting over the straight edge so that by drawing the supporting member 29 across the straight edge, the draped and measured section of material will be severed, as will be readily understood. The long rolls 20 may be placed in the bearings at either side of the cabinet, but the shorter rolls 2i should be placed in the bearings on partition I2 and one or the other of the end walls II). By this arrangement a simple, economical and efiicient dispensing cabinet is provided for the storage and dispensing of measured lengths of roll material, such as oil cloth or the like.

As shown, the end walls E0 of the cabinet are provided with ornamental panels 32 at their tops and are left entirely plain or vacant for display purposes as desired, and suitable casters 33 are provided to facilitate the movements of the cabinet.

2| standing on end and separated from each While I have illustrated and described the preferred form of construction for carrying my invention into effect, this is capable of variation and modification without departing from the spirit of the invention. I, therefore, do not wish to be limited to the precise details disclosed, but desire to avail myself of such variations and modifications as fall within the scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A dispensing cabinet comprising a body open at its opposite sides; a transverse vertical partition located substantially midway between said open sides forming two main compartments; a longitudinal vertical partition in one of said main compartments dividing it into two supplemental compartments; and a transverse horizontal shelf in one of said supplemental compartments.

2. A dispensing cabinet comprising a body open at its opposite sides; a transverse vertical partition located substantially midway between said open sides forming two main compartments; a longitudinal vertical partition in one of said main compartments dividing it into two supplemental compartments; a transverse horizontal shelf in one of said supplemental compartments; and pins projecting from the rear walls of each of said compartments.

3. A dispensing cabinet comprising a body open at its opposite sides; a transverse vertical partition located substantially midway between said open sides forming two main compartments; a longitudinal vertical partition in one of said main compartments dividing it into two supplemental compartments; a transverse horizontal shelf in one of said supplemental compartments; pins projecting from the rear walls of each of said compartments; bearings at the tops of said compartments adapted and arranged to receive rolls of material; and a combined straight edge and cutting device adapted and arranged to be removably positioned at the top of said compartments and over which material unwound from a roll in said bearings may be draped.

4. A cabinet comprising a body having a compartment therein; bearings for rolls at the top of said compartment in the form of depressions in the top edges of the sides thereof; linings for said depressions in the form of metal strips secured and conforming thereto, the outer ends of said strips being extended upwardly to form sides of sockets; metal strips along the side edges of said compartment projecting at the top to form the other sides of said sockets; and a cutting member removably positioned in said sockets and over which material unwound from a roll in said bearings may be draped and out.

LEWIS GOTTSTEIN. 

